BURNABY, sa国际传媒 鈥� An arsonist who caused more than half a million dollars in damages when he set fire to two Metro Vancouver restaurants has been sentenced to more than five years in prison.
RCMP in Burnaby, sa国际传媒, say a court also sentenced Steven Sorenson last month to serve three years' probation after his release.聽
Sorenson, who is 50 years old, was convicted by a sa国际传媒 Supreme Court judge in November for setting three fires, two of them in April 2020 targeting a Korean restaurant and a sushi restaurant in Burnaby. 聽
Police say the fires caused extensive damage and officers from the RCMP's economic crime unit reviewed hundreds of hours of surveillance video to identify the suspect in a "difficult and painstaking" investigation.
Sorenson set a third fire on Nov. 6, 2020, to the same sushi restaurant he attacked months earlier, and police arrested and charged the man a week later.
Police estimate the three fires caused more than $550,000 in damages. 聽
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 1, 2023.
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